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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2015
Fighting rages near Donetsk airport despite Ukraine cease-fire
Heavy machine gun and light artillery fire pounded a district of Donetsk, the biggest city of eastern Ukraine, on Monday and pro-Russian rebels said there had been no lull in the fighting since a February cease-fire.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2015
Sinking under debt, Kansai airport privatization will be test for Abe
After building an artificial island in Osaka Bay to host a gleaming new airport, officials discovered it was sinking into the sea; plans to privatize it may do likewise.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2015
Airport firm to open duty-free shops outside Kansai International
New Kansai International Airport Co. plans to open duty-free shops outside the airport to cater to the needs of a growing number of foreign tourists, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2015
Virgin Atlantic ends Narita-London flights after 25 years
British airline Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. flew its final flight from Tokyo Narita to London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday, ending 25 years of service.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 28, 2015
Airlines suspend Baghdad flights after bullets hit flydubai plane
Six airlines, from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Lebanon, suspended flights to Baghdad on Tuesday after bullets hit an airplane operated by budget carrier Dubai Aviation Corp., known as flydubai, as it was landing at Baghdad airport.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2015
Chiba tells tourists it has more to offer than Narita airport
The Chiba Prefectural Government is trying to lure foreign tourists to spend more time in the prefecture where they land rather than going straight from Narita International Airport to nearby Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2014
Record 13 million passengers use international flights via Kansai airport
The number of passengers on overseas flights through Kansai International Airport is projected to have risen 10 percent this year to a record 13.04 million due to the weaker yen and increase in budget-airline flights, the airport operator said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 13, 2014
Fight or flight: Narita's history of conflict
The recent increase in international flights in and out of Haneda Airport has clearly pleased Tokyo residents, who, since the late 1970s, have had to trek out to Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture when they wanted to go overseas.
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2014
Vanilla Air becomes first Japan budget carrier to sell monthly passes
Vanilla Air Inc. said Monday it will start selling monthly passes for its route linking Narita International Airport and Amami-Oshima Island in southwestern Japan, becoming the first Japanese budget airline to offer this kind of pricing.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2014
Chicago-area teen ordered held for trying to take siblings to join Islamic State
A federal judge on Monday ordered pre-trial detention for a Chicago-area 19-year-old accused of trying to fly with his two younger siblings to the Middle East to join the militant group Islamic State.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2014
Despite false alarm, Haneda Ebola scare leaves some travelers on edge
News that an arriving foreigner had been quarantined Monday spread quickly, and some travelers and greeters at Tokyo's Haneda airport were on edge. However, the place was running smoothly on Tuesday morning.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2014
Man arriving at Tokyo's Haneda airport tested for Ebola
A man in his 40s arriving at Tokyo's Haneda airport after spending two months in Liberia is found to have a fever, and officials decide to check him for Ebola.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 14, 2014
Sick passengers removed from flight in Boston in Ebola scare
Emergency crews in protective gear removed five passengers with flulike symptoms from a commercial airliner that arrived at Boston's Logan Airport on Monday, but U.S. health authorities played down the possibility of Ebola.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2014
Transit hotel to serve layover passengers at Haneda
Passengers changing flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport will get a new option for layovers when their body clock demands nothing but a place to crash.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2014
Russia opens new airport on Japan-claimed Etorofu Island off Hokkaido
A new airport started operating on Etorofu Island — one of four Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido — as a special plane carrying Russian officials arrived Wednesday, Russian residents said.
WORLD
Sep 15, 2014
Uganda seizes explosives, suicide vests from suspected al-Shabaab cell
Police in Kampala seized "substantial amounts of explosives" and suicide vests in raids on a suspected al-Shabaab cell that was planning an imminent attack, a Ugandan official said in an interview on Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2014
Narita airport arrivals lobby to be revamped ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The international arrivals lobby of Terminal 2 at Narita International Airport will undergo its first complete renovation since opening in 1992, the airport's operator said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2014
Narita airport eyes new fee for domestic travelers to boost services
Amid a rise in the number of passengers, Narita International Airport Corp. is making final arrangements for an additional fee to be levied on domestic travelers to upgrade services there, airport sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2014
Defense minister seeks local support for Osprey deployment in Saga
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera tried Monday to win over Saga Prefecture officials to his ministry's plan to deploy V-22 Osprey transport aircraft at Saga Airport.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2014
JR East eyes new, faster access to Haneda airport from central Tokyo
East Japan Railway Co. is considering opening a new line to Haneda airport from the center of the capital, a project that would halve travel time to roughly 20 minutes from Tokyo and Shinjuku stations, company officials said Tuesday.

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